Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Developing Country: Is It Different from Developed Countries?

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.

Variable	Pediatric group (𝑁=37)	Adult group (𝑁=8)	𝑃 value
Mean age at presentation (year)	8±4.2 (range 1–17 )	22.5±18.3 (range 18–37 )
Sex (M/F)	30/7 (4.2 : 1)	6/2 (3 : 1)	0.92
Mean duration of symptoms before diagnosis (year)	1.16±1	3.2±1.5	0.0001
Presenting complaints
Vomiting	9 (24%)	0	0.28
Failure to thrive	9 (25%)	0	0.28
Dysphagia/feeding difficulty	31 (84%)	8 (100%)	0.52
Food impaction	11 (30%)	5 (62.5%)	0.18
Heart-burn	4 (11%)	5 (62.5%)	0.005
Abdominal pain	4 (11%)	0	0.77
Incidental finding of EoE	3 (8%)	0	0.96
Personal history of atopy
Asthma	18 (48.5%)	2 (25%)	0.41
Eczema	8 (21.5%)	1 (12.5%)	0.92
Rhinitis	4 (11%)	6 (75%)	0.0005
Family history of atopy	31 (84%)	8 (100%)	0.52
Peripheral eosinophilia	20 (54%)	2 (25%)	0.27